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for example, this year, richard lugar was defeated by instead a person was nominated who was a -- who defeated lugar and was a tea party person who said his idea of compromise was the democrats coming over to his point of view. in missouri, i have to limit that claire mccaskill is a very clever politician. she did spend $2 million of her own money to get todd akin the republican nomination. if the republicans -- what used to be called the republican establishment was more on their toes it would have done a lot more to make sure he did not get -- it turns out, not long after he was nominated it turns that he had been arrested many times demonstrating at abortion clinics in the 1980's. not what you really want in terms of a candidate who will have broader appeal. same thing happened in 2010, in nevada. when sharon angle was nominated to run against harry reid. most people considered harry reid -- they nominated a person and he won by five points. in delaware, they nominated the wiccan. in a number of states. the thing is, they were establishment republicans as well as ambitious republic
for example, this year, richard lugar was defeated by instead a person was nominated who was a -- who defeated lugar and was a tea party person who said his idea of compromise was the democrats coming over to his point of view. in missouri, i have to limit that claire mccaskill is a very clever politician. she did spend $2 million of her own money to get todd akin the republican nomination. if the republicans -- what used to be called the republican establishment was more on their toes it would...
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richard murdoch ended up defeating richard lugar long-time senatorick lugar in a rathi bitter nasty republican, an ideological racea where murdoch attacked lugar for not only being too liberal on questions of guns and national security but also not hingn ang residence in the state, not living in the state. murdoch seem to be the clear favorite to win the seat to hold on the seat for the republicans but stumble after stumble he looked sometimes unwilling to compromise, angry, bitter. and i think itorked on voters. then more recently we had a o controversy on rape a abortion and whether it was a misstatement or misinterpreted, whatever you want to say. it has hurt him in the polls. joe donley is a credible candidate but frankly would not have won a u.s. senate race in a normal year like this. >> when you look at the early returns that we're seeing in that indiana senate race it's basically tied up. very few precincts are reporting yet. you think that mitt romney y na by a largeindi enough margin that the a.p. was able to call it so early or two networks were able to call it so early.ne that says
richard murdoch ended up defeating richard lugar long-time senatorick lugar in a rathi bitter nasty republican, an ideological racea where murdoch attacked lugar for not only being too liberal on questions of guns and national security but also not hingn ang residence in the state, not living in the state. murdoch seem to be the clear favorite to win the seat to hold on the seat for the republicans but stumble after stumble he looked sometimes unwilling to compromise, angry, bitter. and i think...
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nbc newsan richard mourdock.eran senator richard lugar in india defeated by a tea party ch i. dick lu gar[$ another republican richard mourdock. he put ore he made unfortunate comments agod'serround pregnancy. but joe heidate has seatig, big democratic pickup in the stack to chris jansing. if we stil have you at romney headquarters in boston we still have a lotow in the presidential race. we hf ti in going in the democratic dbeing seen campaign >> reporter: ato-2reaction to for so. i can only they had the big shere. for ohio. good. they are loo battleground states. they are putting thetion toe of llg no reaction to that.ces yet. >> chris jansing, than we look forwa with more oat(dnecoloraol s tionter rising it as too cthere, two you throw heavy rights wisconsin, v one of of those, it'safe to retain wo to president's lead here colorado has been a stateha country. sort of as -- virginia is one of them. colorado them. this is mostly the early male e vohad. half thee in already. :é important jefferson county. this is the big swing county.nty there went "p a obama inesident is hol
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maybe now the answer is will the dick lugars, the ones remain in the republican party, not left. mainstream conservatives say this is crazy. we will vote for a balanced balanced -- they understand the right wing got repudiated this time and democratic position won in the senate and white house and even in the house given the gerrymander. i don't know the answer. it is possible you have mainstream republicans wit common sense and survival instinct to abate the crazies. >> it will be amazing to watch that dialogue happen. >> have enjoyed watching fox news for the first time. >> let me a brief question about your future. you said you're psyched you're not running again for your house seat. if john kerry, senator from massachusetts or duval patrick the state's governor, takes a cabinet job in this administration, would you make yourself available for the governorship or senate seat in massachusetts? >> no. it's flattering people mentioned it. the senate seat, i'm 72 years old. i don't think at 72 you commit yourself to a six year term. i hope i'll be healthy and jim keeps me healthy.
maybe now the answer is will the dick lugars, the ones remain in the republican party, not left. mainstream conservatives say this is crazy. we will vote for a balanced balanced -- they understand the right wing got repudiated this time and democratic position won in the senate and white house and even in the house given the gerrymander. i don't know the answer. it is possible you have mainstream republicans wit common sense and survival instinct to abate the crazies. >> it will be...
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for example, this year, richard lugar was defeated by mourdock in indiana. if richard lugar had been read- nominated by the republicans, that race would have totally disappeared. there would be no news stories about it, it would have totally disappeared. instead, a person was nominated who was -- who defeated lugar was a key party person who said his idea of compromise was the democrats coming over to his point of view. in missouri, i have to admit clear macaskill is a very clever politician, and she did spend $2 million of her own money to get todd akin the republican nomination. if what used to be called the republican establishment was more on their toes, they would have done a lot more to make sure that akin -- it turns out long after he was nominated, it turns out he had been arrested many times, demonstrating in the abortion clinics in the 1980's -- not what you really want in terms of a candidate who was going to have broader appeal. same thing happened in 2010 nevada, when sharron was nominated to vote -- to run against harry reid. harry reid was con
for example, this year, richard lugar was defeated by mourdock in indiana. if richard lugar had been read- nominated by the republicans, that race would have totally disappeared. there would be no news stories about it, it would have totally disappeared. instead, a person was nominated who was -- who defeated lugar was a key party person who said his idea of compromise was the democrats coming over to his point of view. in missouri, i have to admit clear macaskill is a very clever politician,...
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after a tea party primary cost senator richard lugar his senate job, the republican candidate in indiana ended up being the guy on the left side of your screen richard mourdock. he's up against joe donnelly. since he made his rape comment at a debate a few weeks ago, in very, very, very, very red state indiana, the republican candidate is now behind in that state senate race. he's losing the race by double digits. here's the interesting thing about that poll to. it's a poll in indiana, which almost never happens. it's really weird, but nobody nationally never knows what's going on in indiana politics because they don't poll in indiana. in indiana, it's illegal to make automated calls for telemarketing purposes and for public opinion surveys like polling. you can't use an auto dialing device unless the subscriber has consented to being contacted or a live operator gets on the line and gets consent that way. since it make s it hard and expensive, there's little polling in indiana. but while we're on the subject of weird details, check out this ballot in north carolina. it's more than a doz
after a tea party primary cost senator richard lugar his senate job, the republican candidate in indiana ended up being the guy on the left side of your screen richard mourdock. he's up against joe donnelly. since he made his rape comment at a debate a few weeks ago, in very, very, very, very red state indiana, the republican candidate is now behind in that state senate race. he's losing the race by double digits. here's the interesting thing about that poll to. it's a poll in indiana, which...
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some of the controversial comments -- neil: he was the tea party backed candidate who toppled richard lugar in indiana. he made some flippant comments. >> and the theory was he was going to -- neil: he was doomed. >> it looks like right now he has a little bit of a lead. see what happens in missouri. neil: well, that race was even going into today. it's possible. >> if eakins and murdoch pull it out, then what the democrats were hoping for, the republicans dropped two seats. neil: you know, i was thinking, and i don't know your thoughts. the republican party abandoned those comments. what is to stop them from saying, well, certainly it won't do republican bidding? >> he is a conservative. neil: in the end bygones will be bygones. >> die-hard conservative, and i think governor romney, looking at what i see in kentucky and indiana, the old republican states, how they're performing, i think romney has a big one in missouri which will help. romney is probably going to do ten, 15 percent when at least in missouri, probably 1015. neil: to you think there is any other possibility comair, of a spli
some of the controversial comments -- neil: he was the tea party backed candidate who toppled richard lugar in indiana. he made some flippant comments. >> and the theory was he was going to -- neil: he was doomed. >> it looks like right now he has a little bit of a lead. see what happens in missouri. neil: well, that race was even going into today. it's possible. >> if eakins and murdoch pull it out, then what the democrats were hoping for, the republicans dropped two seats....
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you remember richard mourdock beat the incumbent republican, richard lugar, who has been in the senate for three decades. there was no way he was going to lose the seat but when he lost the primary, richard mourdock was in the general election and made a big blunder a few weeks ago when he said pregnancy resulting from rape was a gift from god and he plummeted in the polls. huge wins for democrats. very bad news for republicans. it is not impossible but virtually impossible at this point for republicans to take back the senate. >> are we looking now at no-calls? >> really one no-call. this is a very important race. this is a potential piece of good news although we have to be very cautious because close to 60% reporting. at this point, george allen, the republican candidate, is a little more than 35,000 votes ahead of tim kaine. this is a democratic seat right now. this could potentially be one republican pickup but look how close it is. >> it would be good news for republicans. >> they would need a lot of good news to make it the ultimate good news. >> the balance of power? >> let's t
you remember richard mourdock beat the incumbent republican, richard lugar, who has been in the senate for three decades. there was no way he was going to lose the seat but when he lost the primary, richard mourdock was in the general election and made a big blunder a few weeks ago when he said pregnancy resulting from rape was a gift from god and he plummeted in the polls. huge wins for democrats. very bad news for republicans. it is not impossible but virtually impossible at this point for...
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another tea party favorite, richard mourdock, to fill the seat of retiring republican senator@ richard lugar's sea. in the wisconsin senate race, democratic congresswoman tammy baldwin defeated former governor tommy thompson, making baldwin the first openly gay senator in u.s. history. in connecticut, pro wrestling magnate and republican linda mcmahon lost to congress member chris murphy, despite spending nearly $100 million running for office. in maine, former governor angus king, an independent, won a three-way contest for the senate seat of retiring republican olympia snowe. king is expected to caucus with democrats. while the democrats retained control the senate, republicans remain in control of the 435- member house in part thanks to redistricting. florida had two closely watched house races. nbc is projecting republican congress member allen west has lost a close race with challenger patrick murphy, that west has refused to concede so far. former democratic congressmember after one house term, has won in a newly created orlando-area district. in minnesota, republican former presidential
another tea party favorite, richard mourdock, to fill the seat of retiring republican senator@ richard lugar's sea. in the wisconsin senate race, democratic congresswoman tammy baldwin defeated former governor tommy thompson, making baldwin the first openly gay senator in u.s. history. in connecticut, pro wrestling magnate and republican linda mcmahon lost to congress member chris murphy, despite spending nearly $100 million running for office. in maine, former governor angus king, an...
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you see good senators like lugar and hagel being beaten. you do not have moderate republicans. there were meetings between republicans before president obama was inaugurated where they said they would not work with them. hopefully, you will see people from both parties work together more. the fiscal cliff is a big problem. if we cannot do anything, we will hurt the economy. both parties will get together to do something. i have too much faith in them. host: the cost of the campaign was $5.40 billion in 2008. it is $6 billion when you combine the presidential campaign, the 35 u.s. senate races and the 34 races for the house of representatives. the president has 186 electoral college votes. 57 leaving. mitt romney has 36 states that lean mitt romney and 170 mitt romney electoral votes. caller: the question on the table is who we think is going to win and why. i believe president obama will be reelected. the tipping point will be the auto bailout. those people in ohio and michigan -- right now, the economy in ohio and michigan -- and i spend a lot of time in wisconsin -- they will
you see good senators like lugar and hagel being beaten. you do not have moderate republicans. there were meetings between republicans before president obama was inaugurated where they said they would not work with them. hopefully, you will see people from both parties work together more. the fiscal cliff is a big problem. if we cannot do anything, we will hurt the economy. both parties will get together to do something. i have too much faith in them. host: the cost of the campaign was $5.40...
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remember, that's where six-term republican senator richard lugar was beaten by richard mour mourdock. in virginia, too close to call in the senate race there. this is a titanic battle between two former virginia governors. nbc news saying virginia is too close to call. now let me bring you up to speed as we start the evening now in the united states senate here is the balance of power in the united states senate among democrats. 51 democrats, two independents who typically vote with those democrats, and we've got 47 republicans in the senate. that means that republicans tonight, if they want to take over the chamber, are going to need a net pick up of four seats in the senate. three, however, if mitt romney wins the presidency and that is because the vice president in that case, paul ryan, would cast the deciding vote in the united states senate. so a lot to ask for republicans. that is a steep climb, a net gain of four but that's what we're going to be watching for throughout the evening. >> amman jabbers, want to bring in jim cramer to tonight's conversation. a rally on this electio
remember, that's where six-term republican senator richard lugar was beaten by richard mour mourdock. in virginia, too close to call in the senate race there. this is a titanic battle between two former virginia governors. nbc news saying virginia is too close to call. now let me bring you up to speed as we start the evening now in the united states senate here is the balance of power in the united states senate among democrats. 51 democrats, two independents who typically vote with those...
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jack lugar. you have players in the key positions who are well respected on the other side of the aisle. i think you also -- you have to know how to manage a and you could have a t.a.r.p. moments coming up. you recall during the financial crisis the tart rescue package failed on the first go round and the stock market continued its precipitous falloff of the sand cliffs. it's possibly a something like that coming up soon. the bond yields are low at the start of this in congress work it out. if you feature back up a wall, you how to manage a crisis. president george w. bush did well in finally getting tired. >> congressman sharp, there aren't a lot of issues on the table here and what all of the panelists are talking about was a partial solution. is there a substantial risk that some of these things that get done every year come the tax extenders, a&p, those things don't get done because it's too difficult to do all of us in such a short period of time. >> there's a high probability that it will g
jack lugar. you have players in the key positions who are well respected on the other side of the aisle. i think you also -- you have to know how to manage a and you could have a t.a.r.p. moments coming up. you recall during the financial crisis the tart rescue package failed on the first go round and the stock market continued its precipitous falloff of the sand cliffs. it's possibly a something like that coming up soon. the bond yields are low at the start of this in congress work it out. if...
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this was senator lugar's explanation to his constituents in indiana. he said, i sort of knew i was going to lose because after the races in 2010 i knew i was a likely target of the super pacs dedicated to defeating a least one republican as it purification exercise is to enhance their own power over again republican legislature. that goes to you should not vote for the candidates that you love by you sure can apply pressure to get inside the beltway organizations that are out there trying to boost their own clout in washington for their own personal purposes. that is one thing that republican leaders could do to try to improve this candidate selection process. >> what did those types of groups, what role they play? but they played a role in trying to choose candidates, much like we just discussed. it seems like such a long time ago, the primaries. especially this morning. >> i think yesterday's seems like a long time ago. >> but in general, -- actually, one particularly instructive incident was the club for growth and a rather aggressive letter to the
this was senator lugar's explanation to his constituents in indiana. he said, i sort of knew i was going to lose because after the races in 2010 i knew i was a likely target of the super pacs dedicated to defeating a least one republican as it purification exercise is to enhance their own power over again republican legislature. that goes to you should not vote for the candidates that you love by you sure can apply pressure to get inside the beltway organizations that are out there trying to...
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if perhaps dick lugar were up there instead of murdoch, for example. >> i think gloria is right on both points. i would point out in the exit poll, barack is losing. and i think you may see aiken go down in the exit polls, as well. let's wait and see on that. but the larger point here, anderson, how frequently the results we're seeing do mirror the public polls coming into the day. and that is good news for the democrats keeping the senate, it's good news for the democrats winning the presidency. it's good news for republicans keeping the house. but it's a very interesting that the public polls so far have been pretty close. >> we'll continue to watch that, as well. wolf? >> we're getting, anderson, the first early results, early results coming in from the battleground state of florida where many polling places already close. take a look at this. 34%, more than a third of the vote has been counted. the president the president maintaining a lead, 52% to 47%. 52% to 48%. of the three million votes that have already been counted, the president is ahead by 130,000 plus votes so the presiden
if perhaps dick lugar were up there instead of murdoch, for example. >> i think gloria is right on both points. i would point out in the exit poll, barack is losing. and i think you may see aiken go down in the exit polls, as well. let's wait and see on that. but the larger point here, anderson, how frequently the results we're seeing do mirror the public polls coming into the day. and that is good news for the democrats keeping the senate, it's good news for the democrats winning the...
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this was senator lugar's explanation to his constituents in indiana. he said, i sort of knew i was going to lose because after the races in 2010 i knew i was a likely target of the super pacs dedicated to defeating a least one republican as it purification exercise is to enhance their own power over again republican legislature. that goes to you should not vote for the candidates that you love by you sure can apply pressure to get inside the beltway organizations that are out there trying to boost their own clout in washington for their own personal purposes. that is one thing that republican leaders could do to try to improve this candidate selection process. >> what did those types of groups, what role they play? but they played a role in trying to choose candidates, much like we just discussed. it seems like such a long time ago, the primaries. especially this morning. >> i think yesterday's seems like a long time ago. >> but in general, -- actually, one particularly instructive incident was the club for growth and a rather aggressive letter to the
this was senator lugar's explanation to his constituents in indiana. he said, i sort of knew i was going to lose because after the races in 2010 i knew i was a likely target of the super pacs dedicated to defeating a least one republican as it purification exercise is to enhance their own power over again republican legislature. that goes to you should not vote for the candidates that you love by you sure can apply pressure to get inside the beltway organizations that are out there trying to...
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i think he will try to mold himself a little bit -- not completely, like dick lugar, honestly. he will be against the hawks i think on a number of occasions. we did a story recently about him and we had john mccain talk about how much -- how much he respected and although they did not always see eye to eye. but i think the foreign relations panel in both chambers, sense, i guess, the 1960's, just as not had as much as an impact on what the president does as it used to. if kerry becomes the secretary of state, i guess you end up taking what he was hoping to do -- and at the administration level. but it reiterates what i am saying, which is you can't do much until you are in the administration about these kinds of things. >> i think you made a good point. if i could go back to bob corker also. he is kind of this fascinating character to me. in some ways he is almost non partisan and the way he deals with a lot of people. it may be due to his background as mayor of chattanooga. instead of going to the republican national convention in tampa over the summer, he went to the middle e
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expectations were if lugar could have won the primary he very easily would have won re-election. but mourdock won the primary. since then he has had some challenges. in a recent debate with donnelly he said if rape leads to pregnancy, then quote, it's god's will. that comment likely hurt him with moderates and republican-- moderates and women in that state. now over in missouri republicans thought back in january this would be their easiest pick up. but tonight it looks like democrat senator claire mccasskel will win, she defeats todd aken. the republicans thought this was an easy win. but then todd akin made his comment, what he called legitimate rape. and his campaign never recovered. scott, we can look at our senate chamber again for a second. so remember republicans going into this evening needed to win four seats to take back control of the senate. so far they haven't won anywhere and the democrats have a net pickup of two. at this point it looks very, very difficult for the republicans to win control of the senate at this point, scott. >> pelley: byron, thank you very much.
expectations were if lugar could have won the primary he very easily would have won re-election. but mourdock won the primary. since then he has had some challenges. in a recent debate with donnelly he said if rape leads to pregnancy, then quote, it's god's will. that comment likely hurt him with moderates and republican-- moderates and women in that state. now over in missouri republicans thought back in january this would be their easiest pick up. but tonight it looks like democrat senator...
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you look at this, richard mourdock, a two-party candidate who defeated richard lugar. like todd akin, who has now had trouble. i wonder if this is going to cause soul searching inside the republican water, a year ago, republicans in washington believed that the senate was going to flip over to republicans. tonight, the odds are steeper than ever. >> i think, george, the souls have been searched and the decision has been made in the upper reaches of republican leaders in the national party, that the fact that republicans kicked away three senate seats in their view, in 2010, in nevada, colorado and delaware, because they picked weak, implausible candidates. and now to lose indiana and possibly missouri, that would be five seats that they fell on their hands and dropped. and this is going to lead to pressure from the central republican leadership in the country to get more involved in candidate selection. so that this doesn't happen quite so frequently. >> matthew dowd, is there a potential republican leadership? >> this say problem that the fraternity is in charge of th
you look at this, richard mourdock, a two-party candidate who defeated richard lugar. like todd akin, who has now had trouble. i wonder if this is going to cause soul searching inside the republican water, a year ago, republicans in washington believed that the senate was going to flip over to republicans. tonight, the odds are steeper than ever. >> i think, george, the souls have been searched and the decision has been made in the upper reaches of republican leaders in the national...
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you see good senators like lugar and hagel been beaten. you do not have moderate republicans. there were meetings between republicans before president obama was inaugurated saying they would not work with them. hopefully, you will see people from both parties work together more. the fiscal cliff into a big problem. if we cannot do anything, we will hurt the economy. both parties will get together to do something. i have too much faith in them. host: the cost of this campaign was $5.40 billion in 2008. it is $6 billion when you combine the present campaign, the 34 u.s. senate races and the 34 races for the house of representatives. the present at 186 electoral college votes. 57 leaving. mitt romney has 36 states that lane mitt romney and 170 mitt romney electoral -- lean mitt romney and 170 mitt romney electoral votes. caller: question on the table is who we think is going to win and why. i believe president obama will be reelected. the tipping point will be the auto bailout. those people in ohio and michigan -- right now, the zero -- the economy in ohio and michigan and i spen
you see good senators like lugar and hagel been beaten. you do not have moderate republicans. there were meetings between republicans before president obama was inaugurated saying they would not work with them. hopefully, you will see people from both parties work together more. the fiscal cliff into a big problem. if we cannot do anything, we will hurt the economy. both parties will get together to do something. i have too much faith in them. host: the cost of this campaign was $5.40 billion...
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richard murdoch ended up defeating richard lugar long-time senator dick lugar in a rather bitter nasty republican, an ideological race where murdoch attacked lugar for not only being too liberal on questions of guns and national security but also not having a e, not living in the state. murdoch seem to be the clear favorite to win the seat to hold on the seat for the republicans but stumble after stumble he looked sometimes unwilling to compromise, angry, bitter. and i think it worked on voters. then more recently we had a controversy on rape and abortion and whether it was a misstatement or misinterpreted, whatever you want to say. it has hurt him in the polls. joe donley is a credible candidate but frankly would not have won a u.s. senate race in a normal year like this. >> when you look at the early returns that we're seeing in that indiana senate race it's basically tied up. very few precincts are reporting yet. you think that mitt romney probably won indiana by a large enough margin that the a.p. was able to call it so early or two networks were able to call it so early. that says
richard murdoch ended up defeating richard lugar long-time senator dick lugar in a rather bitter nasty republican, an ideological race where murdoch attacked lugar for not only being too liberal on questions of guns and national security but also not having a e, not living in the state. murdoch seem to be the clear favorite to win the seat to hold on the seat for the republicans but stumble after stumble he looked sometimes unwilling to compromise, angry, bitter. and i think it worked on...
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indiana, joe donnelly picked up dick lugar's old seat. and in maine -- sorry, in massachusetts a list by the warm beats scott frederick republicans only managed to pick up one seat so far. that's the nebraska see that ben nelson left. we have still got out and north dakota and montana yet to be called. jack, i will start with you. give us your labor land, what happened last night in the senate? >> first thing you want to do is make a call for a little bit of humidity. i was driving home last night trying to avoid the deer and raccoons. and listening to c-span of course because i just could not turn off the story. a woman called in on republican line from missouri. and she went on and on about how awful it was, what's happening with the courage was increasing the number of proportions and how horrible gay rights was and we need to go back to biblical values. that's what we need in this country, and the moderator said well okay, how do you feel about how they can stick the. she said i voted for mccaskill. [laughter] so you have to be very c
indiana, joe donnelly picked up dick lugar's old seat. and in maine -- sorry, in massachusetts a list by the warm beats scott frederick republicans only managed to pick up one seat so far. that's the nebraska see that ben nelson left. we have still got out and north dakota and montana yet to be called. jack, i will start with you. give us your labor land, what happened last night in the senate? >> first thing you want to do is make a call for a little bit of humidity. i was driving home...
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. -- such as backing richard lugar. having said that, the influence of money is still pernicious, bad, and i would hope that reform of financial contributions would be something high up on the agenda in 2013. i would hope we can get bipartisan support for at least the disclosure part of it. which many of our colleagues on the other side have been for in the past. >> what about>> revenue to avoid a fiscal cliff. ? you talked about boehner. "we need revenues, but to agree on the high-end people." does it matter where it comes from? >> yes. absolutely. the most failing fact of our -- the most salient fact of our political economy in the last decade is that middle-class incomes have declined. that accounts for a lot of what happens in 2008, 2010, and 2012. it is a debate at the core. to say that revenues should come from the middle class, that we should increase revenues on the middle class, is something i think would be wrong. i think we should find revenues from people who make above $250,000. i think that is the right wa
. -- such as backing richard lugar. having said that, the influence of money is still pernicious, bad, and i would hope that reform of financial contributions would be something high up on the agenda in 2013. i would hope we can get bipartisan support for at least the disclosure part of it. which many of our colleagues on the other side have been for in the past. >> what about>> revenue to avoid a fiscal cliff. ? you talked about boehner. "we need revenues, but to agree on the...
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then, of course, mourdock was a complete disaster and a dud and indiana, they left lugar in, they wouldn't have had to spend a penny. they have wasted millions to save mourdock. he's finished. donnelly will win that seat. those are the three keys. then you have other cases, tim kaine i think has been a very strong candidate in virginia. he may have been the only democrat who could have saved that seat. he's going to. >> bill: surprisedly strong campaign in virginia, i thought. >> listen, they ran a terrific campaign. they did not miss any major opportunities that i could see. it was really a first rate effort. >> bill: in the debates, did he well, too. the house you think stays roughly the same. >> roughly the same. i think democrats will pick up a knew seats but they have to pick up a net 25. ain't there. redistricting has guarantee that. believe me! it's like the poll it bureau. >> bill: nobody knows politics better and nobody explains it better than larry sabato of the university of virginia. center for politics.org. you can go there today and check out all of the individual races. you
then, of course, mourdock was a complete disaster and a dud and indiana, they left lugar in, they wouldn't have had to spend a penny. they have wasted millions to save mourdock. he's finished. donnelly will win that seat. those are the three keys. then you have other cases, tim kaine i think has been a very strong candidate in virginia. he may have been the only democrat who could have saved that seat. he's going to. >> bill: surprisedly strong campaign in virginia, i thought. >>...
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. >> ifill: dick lugar who is a person who chard murdoch who was defeated tonight is the person he beat in the primary. the last of a breed of moderate republicans in the senate and joe donley who was given no chance of being able... the democratic congressman, of being able to beat the guy who beat lugar is nominee tonight. >> there's a long trend. the senator from minnesota, democrat, won comfortably tonight. she stays in the senate with al franken. those two seats were held by a moderate republican and a more conservave republin. those two minnesota seats. and some are in retirement. >> i talkd to dave. that's right. he's a man i was going to say without a party. i mean he certainly is not comfortable in the current configuration. a word on joe donley. joe donley is the first notre dame graduate, i believe, elected to the united states senate. >> you know why? because of purdue. mitch daniels became president of withdrew... purduend withdrew from politics. >> ifill: we've gone into collegiate competition which is a perfect time to take a short break both of you. some of you are going
. >> ifill: dick lugar who is a person who chard murdoch who was defeated tonight is the person he beat in the primary. the last of a breed of moderate republicans in the senate and joe donley who was given no chance of being able... the democratic congressman, of being able to beat the guy who beat lugar is nominee tonight. >> there's a long trend. the senator from minnesota, democrat, won comfortably tonight. she stays in the senate with al franken. those two seats were held by a...
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should have won, and the very people questioning the integrity of these republican candidates like dick lugar, whether they were real republicans or not, you can talk two years ago about mike cassell. >> right. >> will be the very ones responsible for making harry reid majority leader for another two years and will cause, i think, some re-examination within the party. >> hopefully so for the party's sake. jon meacham, harold ford jr., thank you very much. tom brokaw and chris matthews, stay with us, if you can. still ahead, david axelrod, moderator of "meet the press," david gregory, newt gingrich, and congressman elijah cummings. >>> up next, senior adviser for the obama campaign robert gibbs and more of our political heavy hitters. chuck todd, andrea mitchell, jeff greenfield all standing by at the msnbc experience store off democracy plaza. okay. you know what? >> we're back in a minute. "morning joe." [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you could combine the capability of a pathfinder with the comfort of a sedan and create a next-gen s.u.v. with best-in-class fuel economy of 26 mile
should have won, and the very people questioning the integrity of these republican candidates like dick lugar, whether they were real republicans or not, you can talk two years ago about mike cassell. >> right. >> will be the very ones responsible for making harry reid majority leader for another two years and will cause, i think, some re-examination within the party. >> hopefully so for the party's sake. jon meacham, harold ford jr., thank you very much. tom brokaw and chris...
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democrat, who many people thought he had very little chance until richard mourdock knocked off dick lugar in the primary and then had those controversial comments about pregnancies caused by rape that really blew apart his campaign. donnelly now senator from indiana. >> one of our many reporters, patrick is taking a look at what's happening online, what's happening on twitter, what's happening on google. i'll tell you from politico's own perspective, in the last hour we've had 7.4 million -- [inaudible] which we started the company five years ago, blows my mind. that's three times what you usually do in a day. now seven million different eyeballs on different pages of the site. they're looking at maps, they're combing through the site. they keep coming back. throw us up on c-span, follow the results online, keep e-mailing us, we'll try to bring you into the conversation as much as possible. gavin, what are you hearing? >> you mentioned the traffic that politico's enjoying, but across the board there's about 15,000 tweets a minute coming in right now,11 million tweets a day. when you reali
democrat, who many people thought he had very little chance until richard mourdock knocked off dick lugar in the primary and then had those controversial comments about pregnancies caused by rape that really blew apart his campaign. donnelly now senator from indiana. >> one of our many reporters, patrick is taking a look at what's happening online, what's happening on twitter, what's happening on google. i'll tell you from politico's own perspective, in the last hour we've had 7.4 million...
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that's officially a turnover. >> bret: there was a lot of anxt when they lost that because lugar was to sail to re-election and donnelly wasn't considering challenges at one point because it was going to be such an uphill battle. but now they pick up that seat and that makes the race for the senate for the republicans pretty tough. let's go now to fox news sunday host chris wallace. >> thanks. we've been talking about the significance of a couple of calls you just made, pennsylvania for obama and wisconsin for obama and the significance of that is that plan b for romney to get to 270 votes if he would not win ohio but win wisconsin and colorado, that's 19 electoral votes and he could win the presidency. plan c, 20 electoral votes, that's gone now. >> bret: forgive me but i think there's only plan a left. he has to win ohio. >> three-two-one. >> but ohio is the bridge he's got to go through. all roads to the white house lead through ohio for both of these guys. >> absolutely. there's no other way now. ohio is it. >> one of the things that is surprise to go me is some of the democratic
that's officially a turnover. >> bret: there was a lot of anxt when they lost that because lugar was to sail to re-election and donnelly wasn't considering challenges at one point because it was going to be such an uphill battle. but now they pick up that seat and that makes the race for the senate for the republicans pretty tough. let's go now to fox news sunday host chris wallace. >> thanks. we've been talking about the significance of a couple of calls you just made, pennsylvania...